How to stop acting / Harold Guskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guskin, Harold, 1941-2018.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acting.

Acting--Psychological aspects.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxiii, 178 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Faber and Faber, 2003.

Summary:

In How to Stop Acting, Harold Guskin reveals the insights and techniques that have worked wonders for the dozens of stage and screen actors he has coached, beginners and stars alike. Instead of yet another "method," Guskin offers a strategy based on a radically simple and refreshing idea: that the actor's work is not to "create a character" but rather to be continually, personally responsive to the text, wherever his impulse takes him, from first readthrough to final performance. Drawing examples from his clients' work and his own, Guskin presents acting as a constantly evolving exploration rather than as a progression toward a fixed goal. He offers sound and original advice on auditioning, developing a role and keeping it fresh, adapting to the demands of film and television, playing difficult emotional scenes, tackling the Shakespearean and other great roles, and more.

Contents:

1. Taking it off the Page 3

2. Exploring the Role to Uncover the Character 36

3. I Want This Part. How Can I Get it? 72

4. On Stage in Rehearsal and in Performance 96

5. Acting in Film and Television 119

6. Playing the Great Roles 151.

ISBN:

0571199992

OCLC:

51753323